The year 2009 has brought out the bear in all of us, even the normally bullish and upbeat crowd at the annual South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. The once playful and partying attendees were mostly business at this year’s event, which expected to see about a 20% bump in attendance...
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The William S. Paley Television Festival will host panels for Joss Whedon’s TV series “Dollhouse” and the Internet musical “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.” Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion, Zack Whedon, Felicia Day and Jed Whedon will participate in the panel discussions, with other panelists to be announced...
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Popular Internet celebrity iJustine is preparing to introduce closed captioning to accompany her quirky online videos within the next few weeks, underscoring the growing trend of using subtitles in online video to reach wider audiences. iJustine, whose name is Justine Ezarik, is one of a handful of independent...
The Web series “Gemini Division” recently wrapped up its initial online run here in the United States, but it’s now rolling out in Australia online and on-air on the Sci Fi Channel there, one of many pending international premieres for the Rosario Dawson digital series. The launch of “Gemini Division...
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I have good tidings to share this holiday season. And here it is: Maybe it is better to be an independent. In the past few weeks, a number of independent Web video producers have inked some impressive money-making deals that are indicative of the future direction for Web video. I’m talking about Felicia...
Popular original Web series “ The Guild ” landed a sponsorship deal for its second season with Microsoft and Sprint, the show’s creator and star Felicia Day announced today. The second season of the award-winning Web show will be sponsored by Sprint and released on Xbox Live, MSN Video and Zune Marketplace...